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Borough of Bermondsey.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of
Bermondsey.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,-
I have the honour to submit my Twenty-fifth Annual Report
on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the
year 1925. The death rate was 12.6, compared with 13.6 in 1924,
and 12.1 in 1923. This is very satisfactory since it shows that
the death rates for the previous two or three years, which were
also low, were not due to mere accidental circumstances.
We had no special epidemics of any kind last year. The
attack rate in ordinary infectious diseases, which was 8.84 against
10.35 in 1924, confirms the absence of serious epidemic illness.
The infantile mortality rate was 79, as against 78 in 1924.
This figure is low compared with some other districts in England,
but it cannot be looked upon as entirely satisfactory. For instance'
taking Boroughs on the South side of the Thames, Lambeth,
Wandsworth, Lewisham, Woolwich, and Battersea had an
infantile mortality of between 44 and 60, while Shoreditch and
Bethnal Green are the only London Boroughs above us. On the
other hand, if we go outside London, Liverpool, Manchester,
Fdinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, and Belfast, show figures varying
from 92 to 111.
The sections of the Report will be divided as follows:—